All Aboard the Positive Behavior Express: Teaching With Trains
Help me give my students have access to their favorite train items, including much awaiting for crane and mountain tunnel set, for additional reinforcements and encouragement for our positive behavior plan!
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
Our Title 1 school is located in in Northern Mississippi. We have a wonderful group of family and students! I am a special education teacher for PreK-2nd Grade students. My students have a wide variety of learning characteristics and special education eligibilities with most sensory and/or behavior needs.
Each child enters our school with their own sense of wonder and curiosity, while also having their own individual needs.
My student's needs greatly vary from non-verbal to children high functioning on the Autism Spectrum. Some have language needs- receptive, expressive, and/or articulation, as well as health concerns or disabilities.
Due to COVID19 and social distancing guidelines, our families were given a choice between full-time in-person instruction and full-time virtual learning instruction. All of our teachers, including myself, teach both sets of students throughout the week!
Our classroom and school is a special place where children receive the love, resources, and accommodations needed to learn and grow each day!
My Project
What is your motivation to go to work? I love my job, but I also know I need to go to pay bills and support my personal children. Some children just love school! I was one of those children. Other students, including my personal daughter and my classroom students, find school to be hard work and need additional motivation to stay focused each day and to follow the expected rules and behaviors.
My students were given catalogs and toy pamphlets to pick out their favorites items to add to our Positive Behavior reward area in our room!
I'm ready to say "All Aboard" to all of my students! The last 20-30 minutes of our day is used as a positive reinforcement time with free exploration of my students favorite characters and toys! This time is also used to teach social skills! It's a win-win for the students and for me in the form of teachable moments!
The crane and mountain tunnel is the largest item, but one my students have been wanting for quite a while! Brio Construction Crane, Collapsing Bridge, Ferry Ship, and Bell Signal were all circled by students in the toy list! The various train track sets will add additional pieces to our train area along with the Cranky Thomas toy and bumpers.
I added the Thomas the Train books and the stickers as more exciting preferred items to add to our classroom reward box!
Many children need extra motivation and encouragement to do their best work and follow through with their best behavior! My job is to find what motivates them the best! Since I went straight to the kids to ask, there is not doubt these items will be truly motivational to my students!
Brio 33835 Construction Crane with Lights | Wooden Toy Train Set for Kids Age 3 and Up
• Amazon Business
$59.99
1
$59.99
BRIO World - 33889 Crane & Mountain Tunnel | 7 Piece Toy Train Accessory for Kids Ages 3 and Up,Multi
• Amazon Business
$59.99
1
$59.99
BRIO World - 33391 Collapsing Bridge | 3 Piece Toy Train Accessory for Kids Age 3 and Up
• Amazon Business
$30.99
1
$30.99
BRIO World - 33569 Ferry Ship | 3 Piece Toy Train Accessory for Kids Ages 3 and Up
• Amazon Business
$24.99
1
$24.99
Bridge Bonanza! Deluxe Train Track Set (22 pcs.) - Includes 2 Rail Bridges, 2 Brick Bridges, 6 Ascending Tracks, 12 Risers Wooden Track Pieces - Compatible with Major Brands - Classic Hobby Toy
• Amazon Business
$24.99
1
$24.99
maxim enterprise, inc. Wooden Train Track Over & Under Tunnel Bridge | Easy-Connect Railway | Compatible with Thomas, BRIO, Melissa & Doug, KidKraft | Toys for Boys, Girls, Model:50430
• Amazon Business
$22.99
1
$22.99
Z MAYABBO Wood Train Track Garage with 3-Way Track for Wooden Train Track Expansion Pack, Compatible with All Major Wooden Railway System
• Amazon Business
$20.99
1
$20.99
OrgMemory Train Bridge, 3 Suspension Bridge, Wooden Train Bridge, Train Tracks Compatible with All Major Brands
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Thomas & Friends Cranky the Crane playset for preschool kids ages 3 years and older
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Z MAYABBO Wooden Train Set Accessories Wood Railway Bridge for Railroad Tracks, 2-Level Overpass Compatible for All Railway Tracks System
• Amazon Business
$18.99
1
$18.99
Orbrium Toys 6 Arches Viaduct Bridge for Wooden Railway Track Fits Thomas Trains Brio set
• Amazon Business
$16.95
1
$16.95
Stuck in the Mud (Thomas & Friends) (Step into Reading)
• Amazon Business
$4.99
3
$14.97
BRIO World - 33754 Magnetic Bell Signal | Accessory for Toy Train Sets for Kids Ages 3 and Up
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Wooden Train Track Bumpers (6 Pieces) | Create Stops in Railways for Construction, End of Tracks, Or Other Emergencies | Encourages Creative and Imaginative Play with Trainsets
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Thomas the Train Reward Stickers - 200 Stickers!
• Amazon Business
$5.95
1
$5.95
Henry in the Dark (Thomas & Friends) (Step into Reading)
• Amazon Business
$4.99
1
$4.99
Thomas and the Buzzy Bees (Thomas & Friends) (Step into Reading)
• Amazon Business
$4.74
1
$4.74
Thomas Goes Fishing (Thomas & Friends) (Step into Reading)
• Amazon Business
$3.99
1
$3.99
Materials cost
$375.47
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$26.28
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.63
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$437.38
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$77.18
Total project goal
$514.56
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$514.56
8 Donors
-$243.60
Donations toward project cost
-$230.31
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$13.29
match offer
-$243.61
Match offer toward project cost
-$207.07
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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